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In 2013, Patrick became the first woman in Sprint Cup history to have a full-time ride in the series (with Stewart-Haas Racing), [20] and eventually the first female driver to clinch the pole position and lead a green flag lap, both occurring at the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to lead both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 ...
Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
Lesley Candace Visser (born September 11, 1953) is an American sportscaster, television and radio personality, and sportswriter.Visser is the first female NFL analyst on TV, [1] and the only sportscaster in history who has worked on Final Four, NBA Finals, World Series, Triple Crown, Monday Night Football, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. Open ...
Illinois Senator, first woman of color elected to the U.S. Senate. Nancy Pelosi, 1940-. First woman to hold the position of speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Julia C. Addington, 1829 ...
Mo'ne Ikea Davis (born June 24, 2001) [3] is an American former Little League Baseball pitcher and former Hampton University softball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.She was one of two girls who played in the 2014 Little League World Series and was the first girl to earn a win and to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history.
2013 – The American Danica Patrick was the first woman to win a NASCAR Cup Series pole position for the Daytona 500, a week later was the first woman to lead the Daytona 500. 2013 – On her fifth attempt and at age 64, the American Diana Nyad was the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage ...
First person to complete the longest single solo flight around the world; First woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world; First woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane; First woman to receive an airline transport rating at the age of 23; Youngest woman to complete a solo flight around the world. 1973
[18] [19] Zaharias won the 1946 U.S. Women's Amateur and the 1947 British Ladies Amateur – the first American to do so – and three Women's Western Opens. Having formally turned professional in 1947, Didrikson dominated the Women's Professional Golf Association and later the Ladies Professional Golf Association.